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toms. Bailey (1931) writes that "this white-tailed deer will 

 soon become exterminated from the open country in New 

 Mexico, and the only possible hope of keeping it from entirely 

 disappearing from the State will be to give it a permanently 

 protected breeding ground where conditions are suitable for 

 food and shelter. Within its present range these conditions 

 could be obtained in great perfection on the eastern slope of 

 the Sacramento Mountains and along the southern and eastern 

 slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Range. " 



In recent years, according to Seton, this deer has extended 

 its range into parts of Utah. 



NORTHWESTERN WHITE-TAILED DEER; YELLOW-TAILED 

 DEER; "PEND OREILLE DEER" 



ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS OCHROURUS Bailey 



Odocoileus virginianus ochrourus Bailey, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 45, p. 43, 



Apr. 2, 1932 ("Coolin, south end of Priest Lake, Idaho"). 

 FIGS.: Bailey, V., 1918, pi. 7, fig. 2 (photograph of doe), fig. 3 (head). 



This race is found from Idaho and Montana to the eastern 

 slopes of the Cascade Mountains, Oregon, and a short distance 

 into northern Nevada and the extreme northeastern corner of 

 California, and extends northward into the southeastern corner 

 of British Columbia (Cowan). 



Equaling the Plains white-tailed deer in size, it differs in 

 being darker with less black and more ochraceous on the upper 

 side of the tail. In winter coat it is dark buffy gray above, 

 becoming bright ochraceous on top of tail, on the legs, and on 

 the edges of the belly. Forehead and top of head dark brown, 

 brisket dusky ; sides of nose and eye-ring light gray. In summer 

 the upper parts are bright tawny or light bay, legs but little 

 paler, not yellowish as in the race macrourus. Antlers large 

 and heavy when well developed, and frequently having the 

 brow tine and the proximal long tine slightly forked. 



Concerning this race Bailey (1936) writes: "There is very 

 little on record of the habits of this deer in Oregon, except 

 that they are found mainly in thickets and willow bottoms 

 along the streams and valleys. In recent years they are some- 

 times found back in the hills, crowded back probably by 

 settlements. Like most of their group they are secretive and 

 would rather hide than run. In the more extensive thickets 



